Full Stack Developer & Cloud Architect

Hi, I'm Alex 👋

I'm a passionate cloud engineer who loves building scalable web applications and exploring the latest in cloud technologies. Welcome to my digital playground!

Full Stack
Cloud Expert
Innovation

About Me

I'm a passionate developer who loves turning complex problems into elegant solutions. Here's a bit about my journey and what drives me in the world of technology.

My Journey

My journey in software development started with curiosity and has evolved into a passion for creating meaningful digital experiences. I love working with modern technologies and exploring how they can solve real-world problems.

When I'm not coding, you'll find me experimenting with the latest frameworks, reading about the latest in cloud technology, or playing with my cat. I believe in continuous learning and sharing knowledge with the community.

My Tech Stack

AWS
Python
Go
React
Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js
Docker
Kubernetes
GraphQL
PostgreSQL

Wear many hats

Built and shipped across various domains

6+ Years

Crafting digital experiences and solutions

Cloud Architecture

Building secure and scalable cloud solutions

Problem Solver

Turning complex challenges into simple solutions

Featured Projects

A showcase of my recent work, from full-stack applications to innovative experiments

EKS Cluster, Jenkins Deployment, and internet-facing ALB

EKS Cluster, Jenkins Deployment, and internet-facing ALB

A project that creates an EKS cluster with the AWS load balancer add-on and then deploys Jenkins with a user specified admin user.

Jenkins
EKS
AWS
Securing ECS deployments with Github Actions

Securing ECS deployments with Github Actions

A project that highlights my ability to create service pipelines that deploy to an ECS cluster. The CICD is written in Github Actions that vets service readiness via Unit/Integration testing, Secrets scanning, SAST/DAST, and container vulnerability scanning. All cloud infrastructure is on AWS and deployed with Terraform (and Terragrunt for state). Development and production deployments are logically separated into different AWS accounts that are managed by AWS Organizations.

AWS
Github Actions
ECS
CICD
Testing

Weather forecast Lambda that runs with Cloudwatch Event Cron

This Lambda cron runs every morning and sends an email because I'm bad at looking at the weather app.

AWS
Python
Lambda
+2

Sentiment Analysis of Customer Reviews using AWS Comprehend

Lambda function fronted by an API Gateway with Infrastructure written in Pulumi (Python). The API is used to send alerts to an SNS topic when negative sentiment is detected. This is an extremely inexpensive solution for remediating negative customer feedback.

AWS
Python
Comprehend
+3

Latest from My Blog

Sharing my thoughts, discoveries, and lessons learned in the world of development

Github Actions
AWS
Pipelines
Featured

Securing ECS Deployments with Github Actions

Creating modern deployment pipelines that accelerate development.

2023-12-11
15 min read
Security
Infrastructure
Featured

Falco Security Monitoring with Slack integration

Falco security monitoring of Ubuntu EC2 instance with automated Slack alerting.

2024-04-15
8 min read